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A07461	The dodechedron of fortune; or, The exercise of a quick wit A booke so rarely and strangely composed, that it giueth (after a most admirable manner) a pleasant and ingenious answer to euery demaund; the like whereof hath not heretofore beene published in our English tongue. Being first composed in French by Iohn de Meum, one of the most worthie and famous poets of his time; and dedicated to the French King, Charles the fift, and by him, for the worth and raritie thereof, verie much countenanced, vsed, and priuiledged: and now, for the content of our countrey-men, Englished by Sr. W.B. Knight. The vse of the booke the preface annexed declareth.; Plaisant jeu du dodechedron de fortune. English	Jean, de Meun, d. 1305?; B., W., Sir.	1613 (1613)	STC 17847; ESTC S112678	68,222	170

hye Therefore goodnight thou shalt it not come ni 12 This seruant that 's brought thee doe well peruse And looke ere you leape 't is cunning to choose Darchach 1 They may well of happinesse bragge and vaunt That are attended with a good seruant 2 This child to wickednesse shall be giuen And from his pleasure by no meanes driuen 3 This yeete will be plenty of all that is greene And in such abundance as hath not béen séene 4 This Iudge is vpright and doth no man wrong And therefore too honest to liue here long 5 This thing be sure will proue profitable And to thy content be honourable 6 All that which with his mouth he did impart Assure you your selfe it comes from his heart 7 Carry your selfe kinde and courteous to all So shall you be belou'd of great and small 8 Not to dissemble so it is deemed The rich in this world are best esteemed 9 The people by Law doe subiect remaine And so shall by Law haue a King to raigne 10 For one day make stay 't is small that you borrow The time is not much to stay till to morrow 11 You know he would liue so long as he can And then he shall die a very old man 12 What thy heart hath chosen that thou shalt haue And what can a man more in this world craue Hancysibathe 1 Your heart in a good place hath made his choice Which you shall obtaine and at length reioyce 2 'T is vnpossible and doe what you can To serue your selfe and be without a man 3 This man was neuer good yet egge nor bird But still false of his heart fingers and word 4 Those that trauell and long iournies doe make Are like to pay déere for what they doe take 5 This iudge he is wise learned and well red And yet he is oft by affection led 6 Be not a blab but kéepe quiet and still And thou shalt haue profit thy purse to fill 7 He speakes verie much but sillie God wot For you know that a fooles boult is soone shot 8 Let them rather spight then pitie me ill The foxe fares then best when they curse him still 9 Of times the poorest sort doe loue the best For riches bréede debate and make vnrest 10 The election is good and lowable In chusing a man wise and capable 11 If now thou withdraw thy selfe far away It will be shame and discredit for aye 12 Young and old all must packe and so away Neuer aske where nor inquire the day Marchale 1 It is great pittie doe all what they can In prime of youth he shall die a young man 2 Be thou not loue sicke nor hurt not thy life Thou neuer shalt get her to be thy wife 3 If he serue thée well then loue thou him well If ill then let him goe to the great diuell 4 All his pleasure pastime delight and brags Is to be still tossing among his bags 5 All kinde of vittaile shall good cheape remaine If they be not transported this yéere into Spaine 6 This damnable iudge is most couetous And in hope of honour most ambitious 7 If he goe on with his foolish pretence He shall get nought but be at great expence 8 Doe you not beléeue this clattering fellow For he will lie and his braine is but shallow 9 He that thou makest to be thy greatest friend Is thy deadliest foe as will prooue in th' end 10 Want bates courage so ther 's no affinitie To anie purpose twixt loue and amitie 11 Heires hath béene wanting as séene so before But election lasteth for euermore 12 You may trauell safe and goe where you please Without all danger or any disease Syoych 1 Begin your voyage so soone as you can You shall well performe it to your great gaine 2 He shall be happie death shall be exilde He shall not die till he be twice a childe 3 What thou dost desire thou shalt obtaine If prouidently you follow amaine 4 If you meane a seruant to entertaine Prooue if he vse or no to lie and faine 5 Such good gifts by nature in him shall be That he shall loue vertue and honestie 6 Of fruites there shall be store corne shall be small And wine shall be déere but grasse none at all 7 This shall be courteous soft and verie kinde And beare to all a reasonable minde 8 Thou dost so warily thy things dispose That it is vnpossible thou shouldest lose 9 This man is of credit in all that he doth Indeede and in word he speaketh the truth 10 Fortune hath fauourd him so often and much That none doth now enuie him though he be rich 11 Deale not with the rich his wrath is thunder For 't is only gould that can worke wonder 12 The king that by succession gaines the crowne Is hardly remoued and worse put downe Sormilitat 1 To make a realme florish in vnion There is no succession like a kings sonne 2 If you will trauell your pretended way Then let me intreate you awhile to stay 3 It is decréede to tell you I am bould Your skinne it shall neuer waxe wrinkled old 4 Let loue a loue for so it is better Trouble not thy selfe since thou canst not get her 5 For to serue well and so loyall to be 'T is an ill encounter a priest to sée 6 Beare vp hard rumour looke well to your tackle For the world and the flesh shall be your obstacle 7 This same strange yeere oates hay grasse and cattell Shall hardly be bought and much deerer sell 8 This iudge is vnconstant and so vnfit For onely to gaine he imployes his wit 9 Doe what thou wilt it is all labour lost It will be thy hindrance and to thy cost 10 Let him talke on his words are no Gospell Scarce in a hundred one true he doth tell 11 Let him take héede be wise and spare no toyle Least in the end his foes giue him the foyle 12 An honest louing true though a poore friend Is better far then a couetous fiend Emplichil 1 A rich mans loue is like to fortunes whéele Sometimes at the heart and then at the heele 2 Hee 'll be a good husband and take great care That liues in hope to be his maisters heyre 3 Looke ere you leape ere that danger begins But leape ere you looke then break both your shins 4 This shall sure liue well vntill he be old Except in his youth he be ouer bold 5 Let the malicious fret out their fill In spight of them all thou shalt haue thy will 6 'T will be no seruice nor stand thee in stead To kéep a puritane at boord and bed 7 He loues with lasses to iest and to mocke I thinke he was lapt in his mothers smock 8 All things this yeere will be reasonable Because the time hath béen so seasonable 9 This Iudge he is true and not trecherous Yet strangely giuen to be couetous 10 If that to another thou dost none ill Thy

THE DODECHEDRON OF FORTVNE OR THE EXERCISE OF A QVICK WIT. A Booke so rarely and strangely composed that it giueth after a most admirable manner a pleasant and ingenious answer to euery demaund the like whereof hath not heretofore beene published in our English Tongue Being first composed in French by IOHN de MEVM one of the most worthie and famous Poets of his time and dedicated to the French King CHARLES the fift and by him for the worth and raritie thereof verie much countenanced vsed and priuiledged And now for the content of our Countrey-men Englished by Sr. W. B. Knight The vse of the Booke the Preface annexed declareth LONDON Printed by Iohn Pindley for H. H. and S. M. and are to be sold at his Shop in Paules Church-yard at the Signe of the Ball. 1613. THE FRENCH AVTHOR TO THE READER THe Curious Superstition of Ancients in old times desirous with too great Affectation to know Fortunes and Aduentures caused them to inuent and discouer an infinite number Diuersities of diuinations or manner of diuinations or deuises for the same As some by the foure elemēts whereof came the Geomantie Piromantie Hidromantie Areomantie Others by Animals whereof came the Auspices Augures Aruspices Others by Idolatrous Sacrifices wherof proceeded the Arioleans the Pythonisseans Sorcerers Vaticinateurs false Prophets such like Others haue taken Argument or matter of Diuinatiō vpon the shape or delineaments of man whereof proceeded the Physiognomie Metoscopie and Chiromancie others by Constellation and Superstitious Annotations of Signes and the houses Celestiall portending generally thereby things to come as also particularly vpon the natiuitie of any person the course and successe of his life Some also by numbers whereof came a sort of Pithagoriques and some by the Letters of the Alphabet or Poeticall verses as the Homeriques and Virgilians Others by Figures Caracters and Inuocation of spirits as Magicians Necromancians and the Caballe of the Iewes Besides a number of waies and meanes by men and euill spirits the most part of which hath beene most curiously sought and published by the Rabelays in his Pantagouelisme And although that iestingly as mockes hee puts them out yet neuer thelesse hee speaketh not without a purpose and meaning There is also yet another kinde of diuination that hath beene vsed The Antiquity of lots and that is by lottes the which hath not beene deemed so ill and pernicious as those aboue named For wee may finde that some of the auncient fathers did vse to cast lots for the finding out of matters in question and doubt And it is also found in the Ancient law that Iosuah vsed a lot to discouer him that had broken the Commandement of God which lot fell vpon Acan who confessed the fact and was stoned to death Likewise Saul vsed a lot by the which he knew that Ionathan his son had made publike offence for the which he wold haue put him to death but the people saued him The lot also fell on Ionas in flying from the Lord who was thrown into the Sea and receaued by a Whale And Saint Matthias was called and Elected by a lot to be an Apostle And yet neuerthelesse such kinde of lots though the Ancient Fathers vsed them is now iudicially reprooued and forbidden by the Canon of the Church for that it might in time grow to superstition such as that the faithfull might erre and become idolatrous to the breach of the first commandement of God But now againe to returne to our purpose I finde that besides the said diuinations and lots the ancients had diuers playes and Inuentions of Fortune for recreation pleasure Plaies fortune more then for any certainty or beleefe of trueth they had in them the which were called plaies of Hazard and Aduenture as these The Tessarae Talorum or Taxillorum Doctohedron and Dodecahedron the forme and fashion of the figure being sundrie according to the diuersity of the play Not onely in the forme and squares of the dye but likewise in the markes thereof For in some there was prickes or points in other numerall figures in some letters and in some entire words and celestiall Signes For I haue seene the play called the Dodechedron marked with the twelue Signes of the Zodiaque in the throwing whereof they were perswaded of some truth or certaine euent to their demaund But I will not so perswade you Because it cannot bee so that these sports of lots dice or such like things of chance which we vse can bee such or like those which the ancients vsed which they termed Tessara and Talorum notwithstanding that the forme and figure be the like And yet I am perswaded that then with them if there had not bin more matter of effect then in these we vse they had not beene so curious nor vsed them so much For it is found writnen in the life of the Emperour Claudius Caesar that he was so affectionated thereto they caused to bee made or himselfe made a booke thereof Also Augustus Caesar was blamed for too much spending his time thereabouts Plato in his dialogue of the Republique doth there so esteeme or extoll his play of Talorum that hee maketh comparison of it to the life of man Therefore I will not take vpon mee to shew you the manner of Octohedron an Dodecahedron as the ancients vsed them For I must freely confesse vnto you I am ignorant thereof But for this play called Dodechedron of fortune The Author of the play called Dodechedron It is the meere inuention of one Master Iohn de Meum one of the most famous French Poets of his time the which hee dedicated and presented to King Charles the fift then King of France as I found by an Ancient Superscription in the booke when first I found it in a librarie of a friend of mine who as well for the antiquitie as the raritie of the same made great account thereof keeping it being a written booke euer secret to himselfe vntill that ouercome by my request he was content to let it come abroad for that we wanted the knowledge and direction of the die being strange and the authors direction therein wee were forced to seeke by the frequent communication of manie Doctors for the vse and discouerie thereof The which by the onely industrious labour and learned Search of the worthie Master Iohn Moreau Signieur of Monliger both the vse of the dye and manner of the booke was found as hereafter Then first concerning the Authour Master Iohn de Meum it is knowne that he was one of the most famous in the practise of the Mathematickes and Philosophie of his time And so concerning this his booke hee hath proceeded therein according to Astrologie diuiding the questions into twelue chapters answerable to the twelue houses celestiall directly obseruing the properties and significations of them for euerie chapter or rather house hee hath propounded twelue demaunds or questions And the booke contayning twelue

his indeuour He shall euer liue in great dishonour 2 For all his faire show he is a knaue Though he séeme neuer so gallant and braue 3 With weapon in hand he sure shall die Vrged by others that stand him by 4 This pretended war howsoeuer it showes Shall neuer end but by bloud and blowes 5 Though thou art sicke be yet not dismaide Thou needes no Phisicke be not affraide 6 The newes is like to prooue but a fable Inuented by some grosse dunstable 7 Although with labour thou dost it séeke Thou shalt not obtaine as yet this weeke 8 Weane not as yet be not too hastie Attend vntill the childe be lustie 9 If thou take care as it doth require Fortune shall helpe thee to thy desire 10 He is not shaped long life to haue For pleasure shall speed him to his graue 11 Thou shalt haue gaine for so I say it In spite of those that doe denay it 12 Set not thy loue on bribing shifts Nor on a man for fained gifts Pharay 1 I know that I am loued truely And I resolue to loue as duely 2 By time he shall prooue both wise and sage And come to be a great personage 3 Although he seeme most holy to be He is nought but craft and subtiltie 4 Thou maist enter so far by follie led To returne with thy héeles before thy head 5 Though this garboyle seeme not large He that is beaten shall pay the charge 6 If with good guiding thou wilt take heede Of Phisickes helpe thou hast no néede 7 I will beleeue it if it be good If it be nought then not by the roode 8 On the left hand towards Occident Thou shalt finde it there incontinent 9 The time to weane is good if thou so desire And both the childe and age doth it require 10 Thou shalt be happie as I foresee With good fortune and prosperitie 11 Weakely engendred and of ill seede And so short life to him is decreede 12 He thinkes to gaine but shall haue the losse For the true honour the ball shall tosse Baroys 1 The end of thy pretended law Shall shortly to good agréement draw 2 Making thy humble request and desire Thou shalt on his head bring a hot fire 3 By meanes of his friend and their great fauour He shall be remitted to his great honour 4 He is most deuout in this same case To bring the worke well to his true place 5 Peace he doth loue but wars he doth hate He shall die on the land because of that 6 The wars is great and so the season Doth both presage a doubt of treason 7 If any ill at thy heart arise At thy mouth take phisicke I thée aduise 8 Beléeue you nothing of this nouell For nothing is true that they doe tell 9 Séeke it no more nor neuer minde it For I am sure thou shalt neuer finde it 10 You may weane the child from nurses teate If he haue good teeth to eate his meate 11 Thou shalt haue fortune diuerse and strange Sometime good then bad and euer change 12 For this same childe thus much doe I sée It shall liue long in prosperitie Aldadutam 1 This childe it doth most properly fit To haue a good vnderstanding wit 2 Your processe would not be of long date But in passing by the golden gate 3 Not one good day she doth approoue Except she sée her sweetest loue 4 Though in good prison thou sufferest To liue in libertie were the best 5 He shall loue studie and good doctrine For his nature is so inclining 6 He that himselfe doth the best gard Shall die the first I thus award 7 One of these two though not the stronger Shall ouercome him that is the wronger 8 Horseleches and Doctors now and then Doe most ouerthrow horse and man 9 These letters haue neither pleasure nor ioy But onely sorrow griefe and annoy 10 By a Bigamus cunning and bould Thy secrets shall be openly tould 11 In all their life there shall not be a day Wherein that enuie beares not the sway 12 Thou shalt not great store of wealth obtaine Though thou scrap the earth with griefe and paine Fastīu 1 By loue charitie and humblenesse Thou shalt get thee at last great riches 2 He shall haue according as I write A good memorie and a great sprite 3 It is better to come to agreement Then to liue as vnfriends and discontent 4 His friendship is most fained and faint How so euer his face with smiles he paint 5 It shall prooue to thee the most happiest thing If thou canst obtaine to serue the King 6 To be a lawyer he wanteth craft And of his nature too gentle and soft 7 He that thinkes him selfe the most ablest Is likeliest of all to die the soonest 8 Some that stands by and heares their flyting Shall agree them both without fighting 9 Care not for Phisicke but keeps thee quiet And for thy health keepe a good dyet 10 Although that we vpon the earth doe rest Yet is not earth for man the best 11 If by wrong words thy friend be offended Reueale the truth and all shall be ended 12 There shall be among them great dissention But in the end a good conclusion Algarfaray 1 These two brethren as séemeth to me Are likely neuer to loue and agrée 2 Thou shalt no great matter or wealth obtaine But rather spend thine owne in vaine 3 He shall be politike and ingenious And somewhat giuen malitious 4 Take my counsell for agrée thou must For vnfriends are dangerous to trust 5 Thy best fortune lyeth in thy purse Then beware it growes not worse and worse 6 All thy seruice and their faire speaking Shall cleane be dasht by a glasse breaking 7 He is to melancholie so inclined That imployment for him were best assigned 8 He that his speach doth first aduance Shall be the first man to lead the dance 9 The challenger hath béene too credulous Let him take heed for it is dangerous 10 If thou wilt haue thy health and not be sicke Sée that at thy mouth thou take no physicke 11 The letter containes no other content Then peace quietnesse and good agréement 12 Trust to thy selfe so shalt thou doe well And sée that thy secrets thou none do tell Cranlyarny 1 The thing shall be sure and well conceal'd And neuer shall be to any reueal'd 2 They shall be friends and so remaine Till some set strife betwéen them againe 3 Thou shalt be rich with plenty and store Except thy selfe hinder it the more 4 He shall be gentle soft and most affable And to all mens minds agreeable 5 It is not Kings or lordly liuers Hath such effect as lordly giuers 6 She loues thee a litle iust at the halfe If thou loue more thou 'lt proue a Calfe 7 As the world goes now for a franke man Let him leaue the Court and if he can 8 He shall be wise a louer of Science And in all his deeds beare